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the fbi says they interviewed tamerlan. they questioned members of his family, looked into public databases, and concluded they had no evidence of -- no hard evidence of islamic activity. now what's interesting -- radical islamic activity or anything cripple nal. now what's interesting in january of 2012 he gets a visa, flies to russia for six months, stays there. then he comes back to the united states and within a month he opens up this youtube account that's filled with islamic jihadi postings and radical prophecies that clearly would indicate sympathies for the jihad cause. did the fbi even notice that after having gotten this tip from the russian fsb? did they continue to monitor him? and then finally once the marathon bombing took place, did they go back right away to their databases and see what they had in their own files on radical extremists or possible radical extremists in the possible area and was there any information on tamerlan, did they notice the information they already had in their own files about tamerl
the fbi says they interviewed tamerlan. they questioned members of his family, looked into public databases, and concluded they had no evidence of -- no hard evidence of islamic activity. now what's interesting -- radical islamic activity or anything cripple nal. now what's interesting in january of 2012 he gets a visa, flies to russia for six months, stays there. then he comes back to the united states and within a month he opens up this youtube account that's filled with islamic jihadi...
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we know russia asked the fbi to investigate tamerlan tsarnaev in 2011. the information that was apparently provided was by the russians was said to be vague and nonspecific and why ultimately the investigation didn't turn up any credible threat level there at all. but it raises the question, what did the russians know about this man? why did he show up on their radar? as a possible threat? and so far, there has been no comment on this from russian security forces or the government here. don? >> all right. phil black in moscow. phil, thank you very much. >>> up next, paying respects to the victims and grieving over a traumatic week. residents in boston returned to church to reflect. in the crossfire, a boston reporter shares his story of being up close and personal with police when they took down the marathon bombing suspect. if you're looking to go to school, you deserve more than just flexibility and convenience. so here's a few reasons to choose university of phoenix. our average class size is only 14 students. our financial tools help you make smart c
we know russia asked the fbi to investigate tamerlan tsarnaev in 2011. the information that was apparently provided was by the russians was said to be vague and nonspecific and why ultimately the investigation didn't turn up any credible threat level there at all. but it raises the question, what did the russians know about this man? why did he show up on their radar? as a possible threat? and so far, there has been no comment on this from russian security forces or the government here. don?...
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tamerlan traveled to russia for six months last year. the fbi wants to know exactly who he saw and what he was doing, dan. >> let me get back to the fbi investigation into the older brother. you've been talking to the fbi all day. are they not expecting any sense of frustration or remorse over having missed what could have been a real opportunity here? >> they'll do a postmortem, which is normal in these cases, but they said they did what the lou and the constitution allows. >> pierre, thank you. >>> and in order to dig deeper into the lives of these two young suspects, we sent kirit radia to a rough and remote area where the family comes from. here is what he found today. >> reporter: in a tearful phone call with abc news this evening, the mother of the suspected boston bombers said she and her husband planned to travel to the u.s. to see their young son captured friday night. she insists her sons were set up, and that her eldest son was investigated because he loved islam and didn't do anything bad. her comments feed the mystery over w
tamerlan traveled to russia for six months last year. the fbi wants to know exactly who he saw and what he was doing, dan. >> let me get back to the fbi investigation into the older brother. you've been talking to the fbi all day. are they not expecting any sense of frustration or remorse over having missed what could have been a real opportunity here? >> they'll do a postmortem, which is normal in these cases, but they said they did what the lou and the constitution allows....
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that's where tamerlan's father currently lived and where tamerlan spent at least six months in 2012. cnn cannot confirm that tamerlan and abu dijana met, but we know the video that was originally posted on his youtube site was deleted from his youtube account, but still, we have managed to track it down here at cnn. here's the latest information on his younger brother, the surviving boston bombing suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev, the 19-year-old. he remains hospitalized in what doctors say is serious but stable condition. and a federal official tells us he has injuries to his throat. he's intubated and is sedated. he can't speak, obviously, despite his condition, tsarnaev could be formally charged as early as today. we're standing by for an announcement by the justice department. a law enforcement source saying ajudge or magistrate will likely come to the hospital, could come to the hospital, bedside, to formally present the charges to the 19-year-old suspect. a justice department official says the suspect will likely face federal terrorism charges, possibly state murder charges as well.
that's where tamerlan's father currently lived and where tamerlan spent at least six months in 2012. cnn cannot confirm that tamerlan and abu dijana met, but we know the video that was originally posted on his youtube site was deleted from his youtube account, but still, we have managed to track it down here at cnn. here's the latest information on his younger brother, the surviving boston bombing suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev, the 19-year-old. he remains hospitalized in what doctors say is...
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we continue to learn more about his brother, tamerlan tsarnaev. last year he created a youtube channel with links to videos of chechen radicals. four large photos of the people killed were prominently displayed during a church selves behind four lit candles. >>> we're hearing from families of victims killed in the boston bombings and learning more about the victims' lives. family of the yngest v eyounges celebrating the work of law enforcement officer. his family released this statement, "our family applauds the entire law enforcement community for a job well done and trust that our justice system will now do its job. our community is once again safe from these two men. none of this will bring our beloved martin back or reverse the injuries these men inflicted on our family and nearly 200 others. we continue to pray for healing and for comfort on the long road that lies ahead for every victim and their loved ones." >>> crystal campbell was killed just weeks before her 30th birthday. her brother says he's glad the manhunt is over but the suspect's
we continue to learn more about his brother, tamerlan tsarnaev. last year he created a youtube channel with links to videos of chechen radicals. four large photos of the people killed were prominently displayed during a church selves behind four lit candles. >>> we're hearing from families of victims killed in the boston bombings and learning more about the victims' lives. family of the yngest v eyounges celebrating the work of law enforcement officer. his family released this...
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we know tamerlan's father lives here. tamerlan came back to see him at some point during last year and during the same time this man was in the jihadi underworld. he's to be asked about that certainly. we know u.s. intelligence even looking in social media to establish any lynx to extremists here in the north caucases and this is clearly one at this particular point. wolf? >> nick, we've heard from a chechen rebel group in the area where you are about the bombing suspect. what do they say? >> reporter: well, this is called caucasus. they vacillate between moderate and extremism. they say they are not part of the bombing at all, this is all part of some broader conspiracy to pin blame on them, on separatists and radicals here. and actually that the russian government may be behind trying to pin that on them. this is sort of a bid by them to get distance from this, not gain any kind of u.s. reprisal at all. this particular group, i think an internet kind of figure head in many ways over the past decade for much of the terro
we know tamerlan's father lives here. tamerlan came back to see him at some point during last year and during the same time this man was in the jihadi underworld. he's to be asked about that certainly. we know u.s. intelligence even looking in social media to establish any lynx to extremists here in the north caucases and this is clearly one at this particular point. wolf? >> nick, we've heard from a chechen rebel group in the area where you are about the bombing suspect. what do they...
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cnn cannot confirm that tamerlan and abu dujana actually met in pakistan. the video had been deleted from tamerlan's youtube account but was tracked down by cnn. here's the latest information on tamerlan's brother, the surviving 19-year-old suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev. he's hospitalized. he's described as being in serious but stable condition. a federal official tells cnn he has injuries to his throat and is intubated and sedated. despite his condition, tsarnaev could be formally charged as early as today. a law enforcement source says a judge or magistrate would likely come to the hospital at the beth israel deaconess medical center, go to his bedside to present those charges. they're expected to include federal terrorism charges and possibly state murder charges at the same time. could be arraigned later. that's all a formal process. we also have new information coming in about tsarnaev's friday night capture. a law enforcement source tells cnn tsarnaev actually crawled out of the boat he was hiding in in the boston suburb of watertown. the source says he
cnn cannot confirm that tamerlan and abu dujana actually met in pakistan. the video had been deleted from tamerlan's youtube account but was tracked down by cnn. here's the latest information on tamerlan's brother, the surviving 19-year-old suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev. he's hospitalized. he's described as being in serious but stable condition. a federal official tells cnn he has injuries to his throat and is intubated and sedated. despite his condition, tsarnaev could be formally charged as...
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. >> lots of questions that tamerlan, the older brother, had been questioned before by the fbi, in 2011, at the request of the russian government. >> well, that's right. but, think about this, george, there are hundreds of thousands of young adults in this country that visit extremist islamic websites, he was one of them, so the question is, what line do you draw that we continue the investigation? or do we go and interview, make a decision on other intelligence that were not going to pursue an active case against him? >> you're already seeing some congressmen, peter king, criticizing, saying this was a missed opportunity. >> that's great to say. but when you have literally hundreds of thousands of people you want to keep track of, you want to prioritize. they're going to miss one every once in a while. when you approach them, when you interview them or do their background, they may not have radicalized to the level of what we saw on monday. >> going to websites wouldn't be enough? >> absolutely not. >> the older brother went back to russia in 2012, was there for several months. we know
. >> lots of questions that tamerlan, the older brother, had been questioned before by the fbi, in 2011, at the request of the russian government. >> well, that's right. but, think about this, george, there are hundreds of thousands of young adults in this country that visit extremist islamic websites, he was one of them, so the question is, what line do you draw that we continue the investigation? or do we go and interview, make a decision on other intelligence that were not going...
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tamerlan is off now. there's no obedience even to respect his own father. >> and the person he's talking about although not named he says is an amenian converted to islam. a lot of questions about this. we still have to see whether there would be any direct link to any type of terrorist organization. >> what about the connection to chechnya? how does that affect things? >> well, there's certainly ethnic chechen. that area has been war torn for years. and then they were moving, the two brothers were born in kyrgyzstan, another place. and then they come to the united states. so talking with some experts in that region, they said that they may have been looking especially the older brother for their identity, who they were. and when you google anything on chechnya, you come up with some brutal stuff about the war in chechnya, '94 and '96. and it could easily become a radicalization or self-radicalization procedure as one of these experts said. >> thanks. jill dougherty at the white house for us this morning.
tamerlan is off now. there's no obedience even to respect his own father. >> and the person he's talking about although not named he says is an amenian converted to islam. a lot of questions about this. we still have to see whether there would be any direct link to any type of terrorist organization. >> what about the connection to chechnya? how does that affect things? >> well, there's certainly ethnic chechen. that area has been war torn for years. and then they were moving,...
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an exclusive against tamerlan. a source in russia tells nbc news russian intelligence reached out to the fbi last november about the 26-year-old. and crime scene units are back at the bomb site in boston right now. they're placing debris into garbage trucks. crews were seen sifting last night throughout that debris. let's go to pete williams. with a good afternoon to you, pete, let's talk first about the status of the charges in this case and what the likely charges will be. >> yes, i think the odds are pretty good that we'll see these charges in the next couple of hours. they're putting the final touches on them now. and we expect to learn a little more about what the fbi has assembled based on its investigation of the bombing. so perhaps there will be some new details that we'll get. in terms of the charges, i would think at the very least they'll charge him with the bombing, with a terrorism offense for that. and interestingly enough, under the federal statutes, which apply here, use of a weapon of mass destruct
an exclusive against tamerlan. a source in russia tells nbc news russian intelligence reached out to the fbi last november about the 26-year-old. and crime scene units are back at the bomb site in boston right now. they're placing debris into garbage trucks. crews were seen sifting last night throughout that debris. let's go to pete williams. with a good afternoon to you, pete, let's talk first about the status of the charges in this case and what the likely charges will be. >> yes, i...
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do you have reason to believe the older brother, tamerlan, was the leader in this and that dzhokhar may have been the follower? can you hear me, commissioner? we have lost the commissioner temporarily. while we try to re-establish that connection, we're going to continue our conversation, and with so many questions still unanswered, we'll come back to the commissioner when we can. so many questions still unanswered about the terror plot and how to protect our homeland, we've invited two congressional leaders on national security to discuss what happens now. dianne feinstein is chair of the senate intelligence committee, congressman pete king is chair of the house committee on counterterrorism, and he joins us live from new york. i'm sorry. i've got him in my ear. senator, congressman, hold on. we're going to go back to the police commissioner. do you have a sense whether the older brother tamerlan was the leader in this, and dzhokhar somehow followed him into the conspiracy? >> any information along those lines is based upon conjecture at this point in time. i don't know definitively wh
do you have reason to believe the older brother, tamerlan, was the leader in this and that dzhokhar may have been the follower? can you hear me, commissioner? we have lost the commissioner temporarily. while we try to re-establish that connection, we're going to continue our conversation, and with so many questions still unanswered, we'll come back to the commissioner when we can. so many questions still unanswered about the terror plot and how to protect our homeland, we've invited two...
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tamerlan traveled to russia last year. stayed about six months. the big question right now, though is how did he spend his time there? an nbc news terrorist analyst, robin mcfadden served as the special agent in charge and deputy assistant director foreintelligence operations. good to have you both in the studio. you've been anne interrogator, we're been talking about this, the throat injury the suspect has, he's in serious condition. how do you interrogate someone who can't speak? you ask questions and they write on a pad? >> that's one possibility, but here we have just another challenge on top of a challenge under these circumstances. first and foremost, it's the medical clearance from the doctors working hand and glove with the personnel, the investigators on-scene and then once that medical clearance is given, and actually even before then, there could be a period where there's a personal connection, or a bond with -- i've been in situations before, serious injuries, but before there's a full medical clearance, could you actually be in the ro
tamerlan traveled to russia last year. stayed about six months. the big question right now, though is how did he spend his time there? an nbc news terrorist analyst, robin mcfadden served as the special agent in charge and deputy assistant director foreintelligence operations. good to have you both in the studio. you've been anne interrogator, we're been talking about this, the throat injury the suspect has, he's in serious condition. how do you interrogate someone who can't speak? you ask...
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tamerlan spent six months in russia last year. top cops want to know if the attacks are tied to islam eck terror training camps. item, may 2012, u.s. jurors hear that express ives experts found a pressure cooker containing smokeless gun powder in the texas motel room of a soldier planning to blow up fort hood military troops. item, may 2010 one of three devices used in the times square bombing was a pressure cook. >>> getting to and from the villages is dangerous for the military and the roads are often lined with ieds. >> on patrol in afghanistan, i saw items sold right outside their base used to attack soldiers. >> many times the ieds used against the military are made with crude devices. a pressure cookers and fertilizers and a lot of times you can see that the pressure cooker is being sold right in the market right next to the fertilizer store. >> the 506 lost two soldiers when taliban fighters set their deadly sights as they exited the vehicle. >> was it your impression they were going to use that for another massive bombing?
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his older brother, tamerlan there on the right, apparently went last january for six months to russia, returned in july, a month later he supposedly posting these videos on the internet. do we know who he met, who he talked with? his father said he visited his family. >> well, this is a huge question. woone wonders how they got backn the country after six' months in russia without examination. let me take this notion that they look like all american guys. you know, the terrorists are not going to wear tin file o foil or ears. they're not going to fly the black flag of al-qaeda in their yard. the point is to assimilate, to mislead people. back in the days of the cold war, soviet spies didn't wear their politics on their sleeve. they tried to fit in. they tried it look like members of the establishment. look at aljer hiss. he was a supreme court court. his brother was a law partner. how could he be a communist spy? yet, he was. terrorists can learn that lesson. the best way to avoid scrutiny is to look like you fit in. >> we just had anna chatman, remember her, the sexy russian spy who
his older brother, tamerlan there on the right, apparently went last january for six months to russia, returned in july, a month later he supposedly posting these videos on the internet. do we know who he met, who he talked with? his father said he visited his family. >> well, this is a huge question. woone wonders how they got backn the country after six' months in russia without examination. let me take this notion that they look like all american guys. you know, the terrorists are not...
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says it interviewed tamerlan tsarnaev in 2011 after being told by a foreign government, reportedly russia, he had become a follower of riradical islam. they found no evidence of terrorist activity at that time. did the chech anyian brothers act alone or was it a broughter plan with coconspiracies in the u.s. or overseas? wayne simmons, a former c.i.a. analyst and joins us now with some insight. thank you for coming in today. >> always a pleasure. >> i want to ask you about this. the way that the bombs they use have had been described, you know, many law enforcement sources said they were too sophisticated for somebody who was going to google and throw something together that the brothers had to have training at some point. for what they are accused of doing. what do you make of that? >> all of us, first of all, those agree that nothing today is 100% certain. that is where we need to start. if i had to make a guess, i would remind guys like me that 12 years ago, 13 years ago the chechens were in afghanistan trying to build the same kind of bombs, using propane tanks. and they were blowing
says it interviewed tamerlan tsarnaev in 2011 after being told by a foreign government, reportedly russia, he had become a follower of riradical islam. they found no evidence of terrorist activity at that time. did the chech anyian brothers act alone or was it a broughter plan with coconspiracies in the u.s. or overseas? wayne simmons, a former c.i.a. analyst and joins us now with some insight. thank you for coming in today. >> always a pleasure. >> i want to ask you about this. the...